As the fall semester gets close to its end, many Western Carolina students are starting their search for housing for the next school year. Many students choose to live in off-campus apartments or small homes around the WCU campus. Students have options all around the Cullowhee area, many of them within walking distance to classes, all […]
Toys in the Attic: A livestreamed show with Valerie Meiss
October 29, 2020 by
A raven flew across a full moon, and the light shone on blue hair and a big smile. She sipped from a wine glass and petted her cat before playing the piano, the ukulele, the kazoo, and singing like a Mary Poppins of the underground. Valerie Meiss, otherwise known by her stage name Valerie from […]
Op-Ed: Native American Culture is Not a Costume
October 27, 2020 by
As enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the officers of Digali’i, Western Carolina University’s Native American student organization, we take great pride in the culture and history that make us Cherokee. Every year around Halloween, however, it seems that our social media feeds light up with images of individuals dressed up […]
Google Trends: Final Presidential Debate
October 27, 2020 by
Originally published in The Western Carolinian on Oct. 27, 2020. The final presidential debate of 2020 posed a substantial contrast from its predecessor and caused viewers to perform additional research once it concluded. Over the course of the evening, the trending topics varied, but Google Trends highlighted the main issues as unemployment, wages, and health care. […]
GOP candidate for District 119, Mike Clampitt wants students not to vote on campus
October 27, 2020 by
In an email interview with WCJ, District 119 NC House candidate Mike Clampitt said that he would prefer that WCU students not vote in this district. Clampitt believes that most students should, in fact, vote where their parents live. According to Cory Vaillancourt, a reporter from Smoky Mountain News, Clampitt had advocated for a bill, after he […]
COVID-19 cases see new jump across Jackson County
October 15, 2020 by
By Dave Russell Story published in The Sylva Herald in Oct. 15 edition. Western Carolina University reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 over the last week. The bump contributed to a 7.6 % increase in Jackson County from last week. The county currently has 66 people isolating due to COVID-19 infection. That’s up from 50 […]
